On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:49:32 -0400, "Boomerang"
wrote:

I am an old cold warrior, involved more frequently than I probably should
have been, in the issue of this "Caspian Sea Monster" as we described it
from the first overhead photography we had of its construction and testing.
What a delight to see these shots, so many years later, and to recall how
things used to be. Thank you!


My pleasure!

These things captured my imagination in childhood and I had a dream to
build my own 4-seater WIG, but limited myself with building paper
model of it :-)

I wish one day these ekranoplans will make its way to a museum.
BTW, Lun', as it says on the web site, can be made flyable again!